Device for holding blotters.



No. 634,765. Patented Oct. I0, I899.

' J. M. RIX.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING BLUTTERS.

(Application filed June 1a, 1899.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MORRILL RIX, WARNER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

DEVICE FORHOLDING BLOTTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,765, dated October 10, 1899. Ap lication filed 'June 16,1899. Serial 1%. 720,799. on model.)

I To ctZZwhom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES MORRILL RIX, of Warner, in the county of Merrimac and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Device for Holding Blotters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

.The object of my invention is to provide a device for holding blotters capable of attachmenttoa desk or other support or which may be provided with a stand and to so construct the device that the blotter may have a pliable connection therewith, enabling the blotter to be readily and conveniently carried to any portion of the desk or table and used, but when released will be automatically returned to the device.

Another object of the invention is to so'construct the device that it will be simple, light, and economic and the blotter be exposed at all times and quickly detached from the de-.

, drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate correspodin g parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the .im-V

proved device, illustrating a portion of a blotter attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the device, the top having been removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 with the top of the cover in place, and Fig. 4 is a transverse'section taken substantially on the line The body A is in the form of a box and may be made in any desired shape, and said body isprovided with a suitable cover A. A-large wheel B is mounted within the body near one end, the said wheel turning upon a suitable spindle 10, and the wheel is provided with a peripheral groove 11. A smaller wheel12 is made integral with the larger wheel 13 at its upper face or is attached to said larger wheel, the smaller wheel 12 being provided at its upper or outer end with a peripheralflange 13. The spindle 10 of thelarger wheel is likewise the spindle for the smaller wheel 12, as shown in Fig. 3. At the opposite end of the body A a cage 14 is transversely secured, and in said cage preferably two peripherally-grooved pulleys 15 and 16 are mounted to turn on suitable spindles 17, said pulleys 15 and 16 being upright.

A locking device is located on the bottom of the body near the front, which locking device usually consists of an angle-bar 18, soldered or otherwise secured to the body A, and the ends 19 of the angular bar 18 extend beyond the front of the body and are down, Wardly curved, so that a space intervenes the end portions of the bar 18 and the bottom of the body A at its forward edge.

A guide 20, preferably U-shaped in crosssection, is secured to the bottom of the body, at the back, between the large wheel B and the pulley 15, and a guide-pulley 21 is mounted to turn in the vertical members of the guide 20. The guide 20-is provided with an opening 21*, that registers with a corresponding opening in the bottom of the body A, and uponthe under face ofthe bottom of the body A a fender 22 is secured, preferably of angular construction, as shown in Fig. 1, and this fender is provided with an opening that registers with the opening 21 'One end of a cord 23 is attached to the grooved portion of the large wheel B, and the cord is wound around the periphery of said wheel 13 any necessary number of times. .The other end of the cord 23 is passed over theguidepulley 21 and down through the opening 21 and the corresponding opening in the fender 22.

A clip or clamp 24: of any desired form is attached to the lower end of the cord 23, and a buffer 25, preferably of elastic material, is located on the cord 23 just above the clamp or clip, as shown in Figs. 1 and This buder prevents the clip striking the bottom of the bodyA when the blotter is drawn close to the body by the mechanism to be hereinafter described. This mechanism consists of an elastic 27 or astrip of spring material of any the wheel B, and said elastic is passed over the pulleys 15 and 16, the opposite end ct of the elastic being secured to the end of the body A adjacent to the said wheel B. Thus when the blotter is carried to a point on the desk the cord 23 in unwinding from the wheel B will cause said Wheel to revolve and the elastic 27 to wind up upon the'sinall wheel 12. After the blotter has been used and released the elastic 27 will immediately act to turn the wheel Bin a reverse direction, wind up the cord 23 thereon, and draw the blotter to the device.

When the blotter has been carried to a point on the desk and it is desired that the blotter shall not return to the device when released, the cord 23 may be passed between a projecting end 19 of the locking-bar 18 and the under face of the body A, and this frictional contact will hold the cord from slipping back. hen the device is attached to the side of a desk, for example, the opening through which the cord 23 passes out from the device is produced in one of its sides instead of in the bottom, as is shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. Aholder for blotters consisting ofadrum, acord wound upon the said drum and adapted for attachment toa blotter, a spring tape or cord attached to the drum and to a fixed support, guides for the elastic tape or cord, lo-

cated between its ends, and a projection from said drum, around which the elastic tape or cord is adapted to be wound when the cord carried by the drum is unwound therefrom, as set forth.

2. A blotter-holder, consisting of a casing, adruin provided with a projection and mounted to revolve in said casing, a cord adapted to be wound around said drum, said cord being passed out from the casing and adapted for attachment to a blotter, and a spring tape or cord secured to the drum adjacent to the projection thereon and to a fixed support, and roller-guides for the said cord or tape, located between its ends, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A blotter-holder, consisting of a casing, a drum provided with a project-ion and mounted to revolve in said casing, a cord attached to and wound around said drum, said cord being passed out from the casing and adapted for attachment to a blotter, a spring tape or cord secured to the drum adjacent to the projection thereon, roller-guides for said tape or cord, located between its ends, and locking devices for the cord wound upon the said drum, and means for removably securing the blotter to said cord, for the purpose set forth.

JAMES MORRILL RIX.

Witnesses:

A. P. DAvIs, L. A. RIX. 

